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Pat Smith Storms to Greco-Roman 71kg World Team Title

By David Peterson, 05/03/17, 9:00PM CDT

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Minnesota Storm wrestler Pat Smith earned his first USA Wrestling Greco-Roman World Team membership at the recent US Open Greco-Roman World Team Trials held in Las Vegas.

The World Team will represent the United States at the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France, August 21-26.

2017 Greco-Roman World Team roster
59 kg/130 lbs. - Ildar Hafizov, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
66 kg/145 lbs. - Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
71 kg/156 lbs. - Pat Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
75 kg/165 lbs. - Mason Manville, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
80 kg/176 lbs. - Cheney Haight, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
85 kg/189 lbs. - Ben Provisor, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
98 kg/215 lbs. - G’Angelo Hancock, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/Sunkist Kids)
130 kg/286 lbs. - Robby Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)

2017 GRECO-ROMAN WORLD TEAM TRIALS
April 29 at South Point Hotel in Las Vegas

Best-of-three championship finals

59 kg/130 lbs.: Ildar Hafizov, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP) dec. Hayden Tuma, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP), two matches to none
Bout one – Hafizov dec. Tuma, 7-3
Bout two – Hafizov dec. Tuma, 7-1

71 kg/156 lbs.: Pat Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm) dec. Chris Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), two matches to none
Bout one –  Smith dec. Gonzalez, 4-1
Bout two – Smith dec. Gonzalez, 6-0

75 kg/165 lbs.: Mason Manville, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP) dec. Kamal Bey, Colorado Springs, Colo.  (Sunkist Kids), two matches to none 
Bout one – Manville dec. Bey, 9-8
Bout two – Manville tech. fall Bey, 8-0

85 kg/189 lbs.: Ben Provisor, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) dec. Joe Rau, Minneapolis, Minn.  (Minnesota Storm), two matches to none
Bout one – Provisor dec. Rau, 4-1
Bout two – Provisor dec. Rau, 4-3